Hat-holder.



.G. P. DEWEES.

HAT HOLDER.

' APPLICATION FILED IEB.12, 1912.

1,065,1 17, Patented June 17,1913.

UN TTED STATEfi PATENT @FNQE.

GEORGE P. DEWEES, OF KANSAS CITY, MTSSOURI.

HAT-HOLDER.

Application filed February 12, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE P. Dnwnns, citizenof the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jacksonand State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hat-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ladies hat holders for theaters and otherpublic places, and my object is to produce a simple and efii cientdevice for this purpose to be attached to the back of each seat.

lVith this object in view the invention consists in certain novel andpeculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafterdescribed and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understoodreference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1,is a perspective view of a portion of the back of a chair with a hatholder embodying my invention, secured thereto. Fig. 2, is a detailperspective view of the operative portion of the device.

In carrying my invention into effect, a spring wire is bent to form apair of parallel portions 1 and 2, arranged closely together, theportion 2 being longer than and projecting beyond the upper end ofportion 1, and at the junction of portions 1 and 2, the rod is bent toform the eye 3. The wire rod is also bent to provide an eye l at theupper end of portion 2 and a depending arm consisting of a short portion5 vertically above portion 1 and a long portion 6 which is ofsubstantially the same length as portion 1 and is disposed outwardthereof, the rod being bent at 7 at the junction of portions 5 and 6 toconstitute a spring hinge whereby portion 6 may be capable of movementback and forth, and at the lower end of portion 6 is formed a large ring8 to constitute a handle, said ring or handle standing at right anglesto the eye 3 so that its inner portion may engage and clamp againstportions 1 and 2 and eye 3, the rim of the hat or other object to besupported and when it is desired to release said object the operatorinserts a finger in the ring 8 and springs arm 6 outward, performing thesame function Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1'7, 1913.

Serial No. 677,160.

when it is desired to place the rim of the hat or other object int-o theholder so that the latter will reliably support it.

The holder is placed against the back 9 of a chair and is secured inposition by screws 10 and 11 or equivalent devices which extend througheyes 3 and 4 into the back of the chair. 7

To guard against the apparel of a person passing between the rows ofseats, catching on one of the holders and also for the purpose ofembellishment,'tl1e upper portion of each holder is incased by a hollowguard 13, through which the upper screw 11 extends to clamp the guard inposition against the seat, and the guard is provided with wings 14secured at their extremities by screws 15 to the back of the chair,these wings being adapted to bear any suitable advertising inscriptionor other matter.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced ahat holder for public places embodying the features of advantageenumerated as desirable, and I wish it to be understood that while Ihave illustrated-and described the preferred embodiment of the same, Ido not desire to be restricted to the exact details of constructionshown and described except as defined by the scope of the appended claimas obvious modifications will suggest themselves to one skilled in theart.

I claim:

A hat holder made from a piece of spring wire bent to form a pair ofparallel portions arranged side by side, one portion terminating shortof the upper end of the other portion, the lower ends of said portionsbeing connected by an eye and the upper end of the longer portion beingbent to form an eye parallel with the first eye, a third portionextending downward from the second eye parallel with said longer portionand in alinement with the other parallel portion, a lower portiondisposed opposite the adjacent sides of said pair of parallel portionsand extending substantially parallel there with and terminating at itslower end in an eye extending at right angles to the first eye andnormally bearing against the adjacent sides of said pair of parallelportions and the upper parts of said lower portion 10 at the upper sideof said first eye, and a bent and said pair of parallel portions.

portion connecting the lower end of said In testimony whereof I ZL'lfiXmy signature, third portion and the upper end of said in the presence oftwo witnesses.

lower p01 tion, in combination with 1 guano GEORGE P DEX/VIBES.

secured against said second eye, said third portion and the upper endofsaid longer portion, and embodying a hollow portion fitting over andinelosing the bent portion Witnesses H. Rononns, G. Y. THORIE.

Copies; of this pateutmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

